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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7605315, member: 98035"]The sestertius was originally a small silver denomination issued very infrequently by the Republic as worth two (II) and a half (S) "pounds" of bronze (Aes). The As was originally a full pound of copper, but quickly fell from ~275-350 grams to under 50 by the end of the Second Punic War. The As then slid down in weight to 8-13g by the start of the Imperial period. The denarius was retariffed from 10 asses to 16 as a result of this inflation, but the name of the sestertius stuck. [ATTACH=full]1309401[/ATTACH] Some assorted imperial sestertii Tiberius and Germanicus Gemellus - grandsons of Tiberius - Germanicus died in infancy, but Tiberius Gemellus survived to be considered a candidate for the throne - until he was forced into "suicide" by Caligula[ATTACH=full]1309403[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius[ATTACH=full]1309402[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus[ATTACH=full]1309409[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander[ATTACH=full]1309406[/ATTACH] Gordian III as Caesar[ATTACH=full]1309408[/ATTACH] Philip I "The Arab" special issue for Rome's 1000th birthday[ATTACH=full]1309405[/ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus[ATTACH=full]1309404[/ATTACH] Gallienus, the last true sestertii (bearing SC for Sentatvs Consvlto) were issued shortly after the capture of Valerian in 260[ATTACH=full]1309407[/ATTACH] The last coin that could be called a sestertius was issued by Aurelian, 270-275[ATTACH=full]1309410[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]